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Timo Penttilä

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
5049
World Ranking
5941
National Ranking
93

Timo Penttilä publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 193 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Timo Penttilä D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Timo Penttilä sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Timo Penttilä is affiliated with the Natural Resources Institute Finland in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences. The work spans several subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, plant science, atmospheric science, and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of ecosystem and environmental dynamics, particularly:

  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology
  • Botany and plant ecology studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Forest ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Forest management and policy

Timo Penttilä has published extensively, contributing to various scientific publication venues. Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Biogeosciences

Their recent papers illustrate the focus on peatlands, carbon fluxes, and ecosystem processes in boreal and managed environments. Selected recent publications include:

  • Heterotrophic soil respiration in forestry-drained peatlands, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Emission factors and their uncertainty for the exchange of CO2, CH4 and N2O in Finnish managed peatlands, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Carbon dioxide and energy flux measurements in four northern-boreal ecosystems at Pallas, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Vegetation controls of water and energy balance of a drained peatland forest: Responses to alternative harvesting practices, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Nitrous oxide emissions of undrained, forestry-drained, and rewetted boreal peatlands, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management

In their collaborative work, Penttilä often partners with colleagues such as Kari Minkkinen, Raija Laiho, Päivi Mäkiranta, Annalea Lohila, and Paavo Ojanen. These frequent co-authors have contributed to various aspects of environmental and ecosystem sciences in partnership with Penttilä.

Best Publications

  • Soil–atmosphere CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes in boreal forestry-drained peatlands

    Paavo Ojanen;Kari Minkkinen;Jukka Alm;Timo Penttilä

  • Dynamics of plant-mediated organic matter and nutrient cycling following water-level drawdown in boreal peatlands

    Raija Laiho;Raija Laiho;Harri Vasander;Timo Penttilä;Jukka Laine

  • The current greenhouse gas impact of forestry-drained boreal peatlands

    Paavo Ojanen;Kari Minkkinen;Timo Penttilä

  • Disentangling direct and indirect effects of water table drawdown on above and belowground plant litter decomposition: Consequences for accumulation of organic matter in boreal peatlands.

    Petra Straková;Petra Straková;Timo Penttilä;Jukka Laine;Raija Laiho

  • Heterotrophic soil respiration in forestry-drained peatlands

    K. Minkkinen;J. Laine;N. J. Shurpali;P. Maekiranta

  • Greenhouse gas flux measurements in a forestry-drained peatland indicate a large carbon sink

    Annalea Lohila;Kari Minkkinen;Mika Aurela;Juha-Pekka Tuovinen

  • Emission factors and their uncertainty for the exchange of CO2, CH4 and N2O in Finnish managed peatlands

    Jukka Alm;Narasinha J. Shurpali;Kari Minkkinen;Lasse Aro

  • Responses of aerobic microbial communities and soil respiration to water-level drawdown in a northern boreal fen

    Krista Jaatinen;Raija Laiho;Anita Vuorenmaa;Urko del Castillo

  • CH4 production and oxidation processes in a boreal fen ecosystem after long-term water table drawdown

    Kim Yrjälä;Tero Tuomivirta;Heli Juottonen;Anuliina Putkinen;Anuliina Putkinen

  • Responses of phenology and biomass production of boreal fens to climate warming under different water-table level regimes.

    Päivi Mäkiranta;Raija Laiho;Lauri Mehtätalo;Petra Straková

  • Responses of methanogenic and methanotrophic communities to warming in varying moisture regimes of two boreal fens

    Krista Peltoniemi;Raija Laiho;Heli Juottonen;Levente Bodrossy

  • Comparison of greenhouse gas fluxes and nitrogen budgets from an ombotrophic bog in Scotland and a minerotrophic sedge fen in Finland

    J. Drewer;A. Lohila;M. Aurela;T. Laurila

  • Responses of N2O fluxes to temperature, water table and N deposition in a northern boreal fen

    Annalea Lohila;Mika Aurela;Juha Hatakka;Mari Pihlatie

  • Could continuous cover forestry be an economically and environmentally feasible management option on drained boreal peatlands

    M. Nieminen;H. Hökkä;R. Laiho;A. Juutinen;A. Juutinen

  • Carbon dioxide and energy flux measurements in four northern-boreal ecosystems at Pallas

    Mika Aurela;Annalea Lohila;Juha-Pekka Tuovinen;Juha Hatakka

  • Decomposition of Scots pine fine woody debris in boreal conditions: Implications for estimating carbon pools and fluxes

    Petra Vávřová;Petra Vávřová;Timo Penttilä;Raija Laiho

  • Greenhouse gas and energy fluxes in a boreal peatland forest after clear-cutting

    Mika Korkiakoski;Juha-Pekka Tuovinen;Timo Penttilä;Sakari Sarkkola

  • Vegetation controls of water and energy balance of a drained peatland forest: Responses to alternative harvesting practices

    Kersti Leppä;Mika Korkiakoski;Mika Nieminen;Raija Laiho

  • Warming impacts on boreal fen CO2 exchange under wet and dry conditions.

    Anna M. Laine;Päivi Mäkiranta;Raija Laiho;Lauri Mehtätalo

  • Persistent carbon sink at a boreal drained bog forest.

    Kari Minkkinen;Paavo Ojanen;Timo Penttilä;Mika Aurela

  • Greenhouse impact due to different peat fuel utilisation chains in Finland — a life-cycle approach

    Johanna Kirkinen;Kari Minkkinen;Timo Penttilä;Soili Kojola

  • Individual-tree basal area growth models for Scots pine, pubescent birch and Norway spruce on drained peatlands in Finland.

    Hannu Hökkä;Virpi Alenius;Timo Penttilä

  • Tree stand volume as a scalar for methane fluxes in forestry-drained peatlands in Finland

    Kari Minkkinen;Timo Penttilä;Jukka Laine

Frequent Co-Authors

Raija Laiho
Raija Laiho Natural Resources Institute Finland
Annalea Lohila
Annalea Lohila Finnish Meteorological Institute
Juha-Pekka Tuovinen
Juha-Pekka Tuovinen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Tuomas Laurila
Tuomas Laurila Integrated Carbon Observation System
Kari Minkkinen
Kari Minkkinen University of Helsinki
Mika Aurela
Mika Aurela Finnish Meteorological Institute
Hannu Fritze
Hannu Fritze Natural Resources Institute Finland
Jukka Laine
Jukka Laine Natural Resources Institute Finland
Juha Hatakka
Juha Hatakka Finnish Meteorological Institute
Raisa Mäkipää
Raisa Mäkipää Natural Resources Institute Finland

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Eeva-Stiina Tuittila

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University of Eastern Finland

Publications: 58

Annalea Lohila

Annalea Lohila

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Mika Aurela

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Publications: 32

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Hannu Fritze

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Publications: 28

Ülo Mander

Ülo Mander

University of Tartu

Publications: 27

Maria Strack

Maria Strack

University of Waterloo

Publications: 21

Ivan Mammarella

Ivan Mammarella

University of Helsinki

Publications: 20

Jukka Laine

Jukka Laine

Natural Resources Institute Finland

Publications: 19

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Timo Vesala

University of Helsinki

Publications: 19

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Pertti J. Martikainen

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Publications: 18

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Evan S. Kane

Michigan Technological University

Publications: 16

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Huai Chen

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Publications: 14

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Tuomas Laurila

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